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Umie
1 reviews on 1 places
I really, really, REALLY hate giving negative reviews... I know how hard hospitality businesses have had it since COVID, but I wouldn't be honest to myself if I mislead people.
Firstly the good... Service was friendly, helpful and courteous. The venue was clean and food came out fairly quickly.
But... The food was beyond average 😞
I remember watching an episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares where he criticised the number of items on the menu. This is what I thought of first with the sheer number of options ranging from traditional Turkish cuisine that mum makes, through to kebabs and pides. You can't make great food across a great number of items...
The lamb doner kebab was dense, oily and pungent... The salad had no dressing... The bread was not fresh and just re-heated... The spicy dip had an odd smell and flavour... The kids nuggets were bland... The chicken wings were OK, but nothing special... The best part was the Ayran which was bottled from the fridge 😞
A very small annoyance was where we were seated, had a chair for take away customers to wait. Problem was it was less than a metre from our table and my family (along with the customer), just felt weird looking at each other...
Perhaps I got the wrong menu items and the reviews seem to be contrary to my experience. Give it a try to help small business, but we won't be back...
Firstly the good... Service was friendly, helpful and courteous. The venue was clean and food came out fairly quickly.
But... The food was beyond average 😞
I remember watching an episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares where he criticised the number of items on the menu. This is what I thought of first with the sheer number of options ranging from traditional Turkish cuisine that mum makes, through to kebabs and pides. You can't make great food across a great number of items...
The lamb doner kebab was dense, oily and pungent... The salad had no dressing... The bread was not fresh and just re-heated... The spicy dip had an odd smell and flavour... The kids nuggets were bland... The chicken wings were OK, but nothing special... The best part was the Ayran which was bottled from the fridge 😞
A very small annoyance was where we were seated, had a chair for take away customers to wait. Problem was it was less than a metre from our table and my family (along with the customer), just felt weird looking at each other...
Perhaps I got the wrong menu items and the reviews seem to be contrary to my experience. Give it a try to help small business, but we won't be back...